Retired teachers in Enugu State have threatened not to participate in the forthcoming general elections due to neglect by the state government, lamenting that they have not been paid their gratuities since 2004.
Some of the senior citizens who spoke with Vanguard at Nsukka, said many of them had been finding it difficult to meet their needs, especially medication and that many of them had died
One of the teachers, who simply gave his name as Mr. Eze, described Sullivan Chime's administration as "most uncaring. Some teachers retired before me, but I left in 2004, after 35 years of meritorious service to the state. When I retired, I was neither paid my gratuity or pension until 2006, when they started paying me the monthly pension, which has not been even regular in any case. 'Although, they started paying my pension in 2006, we were not paid the arrears of 2004 and 2005. They just cut that part off as if they were doing us some favour.
"Many of us have died as a result of frustration and hunger. Governor Chime's predecessor was even better because he managed to pay pension although not regularly in his own days.
" We had several meetings at the highest levels of government but things have not changed. The question we have continued to ask is whether these people who frustrate retired workers think that they would remain in the service forever. We are really living in bondage."
Efforts by Vanguard to get comments from relevant government officials on the issue proved abortive as most of them pleaded not to be associated with the sensitive story. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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